The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)-- The PCMH is a new model for primary care redesign endorsed by the Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine specialty societies as well as many of the major healthcare payers (including the U.S. government).
The right ventricle then pumps the blood back out of the heart into the lungs to be replenished with oxygen. Right-sided or right ventricular (RV) heart failure usually occurs as a result of left-sided failure. When the left ventricle fails, increased fluid pressure is, in effect, transferred back through the lungs, ultimately damaging the heart's right side.
Main Content: Heart failure and high blood pressure. 1  If you have high blood pressure, this means that your heart has to work harder to push blood round your body. 2  If your heart is not able to pump as well as it should, this is called heart failure. 3  Most of the symptoms of heart failure are felt due to the build up of fluid in the body.